Willy and Jay both betrayed someone in these two stories. Willy betrayed his wife by having an affair with another woman. According to "A Glimpse of the Death of a Salesman" by LM Domina, "Which had happened, of course, as Willy later remembered and as he probably recalled frequently over the years What followed was Biff discovering Willy in the middle of an extramarital affair. Unlike Linda, who frequently appears with stockings in need of mending, this other woman receives expensive stockings from Willy. The existence of this woman (and perhaps others like her) is a contributing factor to the Loman family's financial woes. Biff understands this instantly, and he also understands the depth of Willy's betrayal of Linda – and of the family as a whole. During this part of the play, Willy has a flashback to the time he had an affair and his son caught it. One thing Biff notices right away are the stockings Willy gives the woman. While Linda has to mend her stockings, this lady receives sumptuous gifts and stockings. Plus, in those days, stockings were expensive, so it's shameful that he bought a random woman a pair rather than his wife who he "loves." The guilt is eating him alive and he can no longer cope with it. Not only does he betray his wife but also his son Biff. Biff idolized his father as a child, but when he caught his father with the woman, he finally understood the truth about his hero. In this room, Biff shouts “you’re pretending!” You little fake! You're pretending! towards his father, thus making him feel even more guilty (Miller 194). In The Great Gatsby, betrayal is a recurring theme that occurs quite often between all the characters such as Daisy and Tom, and Daisy and Gatsby. Jay Gatsby ends up betraying someone who is probably not ideal. He ends up betraying himself. According to "The Et Tu Brute Complex", compulsive betrayal by Robert Lawrence Antus,